self-sacrifice
Example Sentences
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The Guards Corps said in a statement it was "ready for complete obedience and self-sacrifice in carrying out the divine commands" of the younger Khamenei.
From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026
He was neither financially stable nor ascetic enough to commit to the artist’s lot without the remarkable self-sacrifice of his wife, Annalee.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
In France, his caped and bearded figure became an emblem of Christian self-sacrifice.
From BBC • Sep. 9, 2024
Now, as Betts nears his comeback from a broken hand, the Dodgers could be making another request that tests his capacity for self-sacrifice.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2024
For a moment my soul was elevated from its debasing and miserable fears to contemplate the divine ideas of liberty and self-sacrifice of which these sights were the monuments and the remembrancers.
From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
